| 2021-05-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
Project Hail Mary |
Andy Weir |
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science fiction (2), ammonia (1), amnesia (1), first person point of view (1), hard sf (1), Epsilon Eridani (1), Tau Ceti (1), Earth (1), interstellar travel (1), aluminum (1), xenon (1), xenobiology (1), first contact (1), bacteria (1), education (1), Kazakhstan (1), antarctica (1), Pacific Ocean (1), cowardice (1), Bravery (1), climate change (1), aliens (1), scientist (1), engineer (1), Coma (1), Nomeados ao Hugo em Português (1)
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| 2016-03-29 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Hunter Captain |
David John Baker |
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torture (1), sentience (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), sex (1)
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| 2010-08-11 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model |
Charlie Jane Anders |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1), postapocalyptic (1), Australia (1)
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| 2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All Seated on the Ground |
Connie Willis |
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first contact (1), Colorado (1), Denver (1), Newspaper reporter (1), science fiction (1), Christmas (1)
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| 2007-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rollback |
Robert J. Sawyer |
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science fiction (1), astronomers (1), rejuvenation (1), first contact (1), Sigma Draconis (1)
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| 2006-00-00 |
NOVEL |
Chinese |
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Cixin Liu |
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science fiction (1), into-movie (1), China (1), femtotechnology (1), Earth (1), virtual reality (1), alien perspective (1), first contact (1), quantum physics (1), despair (1), Alpha Centauri (1)
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| 2002-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hominids |
Robert J. Sawyer |
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hominins (1), science fiction (1), Ontario (1), first contact (1), Neanderthals (1), parallel world (1), physicists (1), rape (1), LGBTQ+ (1), smell (1), pheromones (1), population control (1), reproduction (1), Utopia (1), eugenics (1), surveillance (1), wolves (1), intelligence (1), magnetic pole reversal (1), language (1), surgery (1), religion (1)
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| 2000-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Calculating God |
Robert J. Sawyer |
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science fiction (1), alien contact (1), uploaded personalities (1), Betelgeuse (1), supernova (1), virtual reality (1), mass extinction (1), paleontologists (1), Fermi paradox (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Beta Hydri (1), genocide (1), genetic engineering (1), higher intelligence (1)
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| 1999-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Signal Shattered |
Eric S. Nylund |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Clones (1), interstellar travel (1)
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| 1998-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Signal to Noise |
Eric S. Nylund |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), diplomacy (1), Earth (1)
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| 1996-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Starborne |
Robert Silverberg |
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science fiction (1), Utopia (1), telepathy (1), first contact (1), philosophy (1)
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| 1992-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Kingdoms of the Wall |
Robert Silverberg |
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pilgrimage (1), binary star system (1), shapechangers (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1), aliens (1), first person point of view (1), science fiction (1), fountain of youth (1)
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| 1992-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The First Contact with the Gorgonids |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Australia (1)
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| 1991-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A Woman of the Iron People |
Eleanor Arnason |
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Sigma Draconis (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
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| 1989-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Angel Station |
Walter Jon Williams |
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science fiction (1), cyberpunk (1), faster than light travel (1), first contact (1), paranormal powers (1)
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| 1988-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cradle |
Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee |
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science fiction (1), Florida (1), robots (1), first contact (1), alien artifacts (1), genetic engineering (1)
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| 1986-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Second Genesis |
Donald Moffitt |
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nanotechnology (1), time dilation (1), aliens (1), primates (1), archaeology (1), intergalactic travel (1), immortality (1), rejuvenation (1), mega-flora (1), genetic engineering (1), far future (1), insects (1), music (1), mega-engineering (1), space travel (1), evolution (1), dyson sphere (1), Earth (1), Delta Pavonis (1), black hole (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), Geology (1), Greater Magellanic Cloud (1), rats (1)
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| 1980-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Meeting of Minds |
Ted Reynolds |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), telepathy (1), alien perspective (1)
|
| 1979-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Fountains of Paradise |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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space elevator (2), science fiction (2), 2-award-winner (1), hard sf (1), Sri Lanka (1), engineering (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1978-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Unemployment Problem |
Jor Jennings |
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science fiction (1), shipwreck (1), first contact (1), sex therapist (1)
|
| 1977-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ophiuchi Hotline |
John Varley |
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transhuman (1), moon (1), asteroid belt (1), dolphin (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), body backup drive (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), black holes (1), Clones (1), first contact (1), first person point of view (1)
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| 1973-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Protector |
Larry Niven |
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enhanced intelligence (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), enhanced strength (1), war with aliens (1), Martians (1), genocide (1), xenophobia (1), Persephone (1), neutronium (1)
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| 1971-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Lathe of Heaven |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
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science fiction (1), into-tv (1), into-play (1), psychology (1), invention (1), first contact (1), racism (1), war with aliens (1), overpopulation (1), perception of reality (1), ecological decline (1), alternate history (1), nuclear war (1), philosophy (1), aliens (1), dreams (1), epidemic (1), climate change (1), Aldebaran (1)
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| 1971-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
With Friends Like These ... |
Alan Dean Foster |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), Earth (1), first contact (1), force fields (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Handicapped |
Larry Niven |
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interstellar travel (1), first person (1), sentience (1), xenobiology (1), hard sf (1), mind control (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1967-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Martians |
Fred Hoyle |
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interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1), machine intelligence (1), Utopia (1), sex (1), alien invasion (1), science fiction (1), mars (1), Earth (1), Los Angeles (1), Martians (1), first contact (1)
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| 1966-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Revolving Boy |
Gertrude Friedberg |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), child prodigy (1), directional sense (1)
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| 1966-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Warriors |
Larry Niven |
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alien perspective (1), lasers (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), telepathy (1), pacifism (1)
|
| 1965-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Ballad of Beta-2 |
Samuel R. Delany |
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novel within novella range (1), higher intelligence (1), mesons (1), human-alien hybrid (1), interspecies sex (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), eugenics (1), teleportation (1), paranormal powers (1), music (1), generation ship (1), interstellar travel (1), anthropology (1), telepathy (1), academia (1), feet (1), computers (1), mutants (1), court trial (1), time stasis (1), orgasm (1)
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| 1964-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Close to Critical |
Hal Clement |
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alien perspective (1), exploration (1), aliens (1), robots (1), high gravity (1), science fiction (1), submersible (1), first contact (1)
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| 1964-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Dark Light Years |
Brian W. Aldiss |
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climate change (1), sculpture (1), art (1), england (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), london (1), zoo (1), first contact (1), Pain (1), alien technology (1), alien perspective (1), nuclear warfare (1), communication (1), excrement (1), vegetarianism (1), synthetic food (1)
|
| 1962-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
From Gustible's Planet |
Cordwainer Smith |
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fire (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), food (1), China (1), Earth (1)
|
| 1962-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
My Son, the Physicist! |
Isaac Asimov |
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Merril09 (1), communication (1), science fiction (1), Pluto (1), aliens (1), first contact (1)
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| 1962-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Novice |
James H. Schmitz |
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Law (1), coming of age (1), telepathy (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Collision Course |
Robert Silverberg |
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first contact (2), science fiction (1), distant future (1), interstellar travel (1), teleportation (1), faster than light travel (1), slower than light travel (1), aliens (1), interstellar empire (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Stranger in a Strange Land |
Robert A. Heinlein |
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new religion (1), religion (1), mars (1), foundling (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), cult fiction (1), group marriage (1), commune (1), time distortion (1), meditation (1), taxis (1), interplanetary travel (1), martyr (1), nudity (1), science fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), sleep (1), astrology (1), out-of-body experience (1), televangelists (1), euthanasia (1), diplomacy (1), telekinesis (1), snakes (1), language (1), gambling (1), cats (1), smell (1), perfume (1), sculpture (1), alcohol (1), afterlife (1), United States (1), circus (1), Earth (1), neologisms (1), water (1), teleportation (1), telepathy (1), paranormal powers (1), sex (1), Martians (1), birth control (1), Maryland (1), Pennsylvania (1), tattoos (1), waterbed (1), Physicians (1), nurses (1), Lawyers (1), journalists (1), politicians (1), eidetic memory (1), heaven (1), alien perspective (1), cannibalism (1), first contact (1), kidnapping (1), murder (1), world government (1), angels (1), zoo (1), San Francisco (1), Las Vegas (1), exhibitionism (1), homophobia (1), discussion of pornography (1), near future (1), Florida (1), suicide (1), Clairvoyance (1), genocide (1), coming of age (1), water ritual (1)
|
| 1959-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Snowmen |
Frederik Pohl |
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science fiction (1), first contact (1), cold (1), invention (1)
|
| 1958-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Idiot Stick |
Damon Knight |
|
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Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), New Jersey (1), euphoria (1), drugs (1)
|
| 1958-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Big Front Yard |
Clifford D. Simak |
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|
Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1958-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Enemy |
Damon Knight |
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Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), mining (1), aliens (1), suspended animation (1), interplanetary travel (1), first contact (1)
|
| 1957-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Black Cloud |
Fred Hoyle |
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first contact (2), climate change (2), science fiction (2), england (2), philosophy (1), computers (1), astronomers (1), interstellar travel (1), music (1), higher intelligence (1), nebula (1), radio astronomy (1), genius (1), politicians (1), politics (1), Alien Communication (1), alien intelligence (1), astronomy (1), astromomers (1), astronomer (1), scientists (1), scientist (1), UK (1), hard sf (1), cosmic disaster (1)
|
| 1956-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Stranger Station |
Damon Knight |
|
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), Titan (1), first contact (1), interplanetary travel (1), insanity (1), love (1), longevity (1)
|
| 1956-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Watery Place |
Isaac Asimov |
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venus (1), first contact (1), Idaho (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The World Jones Made |
Philip K. Dick |
|
|
science fiction (1), dystopia (1), post-apocalyptic (1), relativism (1), mutants (1), genetic engineering (1), Earth (1), venus (1), precognition (1), predestination (1), philosophy (1), determinism (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), xenophobia (1), assassination (1)
|
| 1956-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Visit to a Small Planet |
Gore Vidal |
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aliens (1), first contact (1), television (1), humor (1), comedy of manners (1)
|
| 1955-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Soldier from the Stars |
Poul Anderson |
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science fiction (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), mercenaries (1), Portugal (1)
|
| 1954-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet |
Eleanor Cameron |
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juvenile sf (1), fungi (1), mushrooms (1), california (1), interplanetary travel (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), chickens (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sentinels from Space |
Eric Frank Russell |
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science fiction (1), mutants (1), telepathy (1), paranormal powers (1), telekinesis (1), interplanetary war (1), body swap (1), interstellar travel (1), mind control (1), interrogation (1), venus (1), first contact (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
When Half-Gods Go |
Poul Anderson |
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interstellar empire (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), cynicism (1)
|
| 1952-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Deep |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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alien perspective (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), culture shock (1), first contact (1), teleportation (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), maternal feelings (1)
|
| 1952-10-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree |
Louis Slobodkin |
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juvenile sf (1), antigravity (1), invisibility (1), computers (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), Boy Scouts (1), New York State (1)
|
| 1952-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Youth |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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Librivox (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), children (1)
|
| 1951-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beachhead |
Clifford D. Simak |
|
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microbes (1), iron (1), exploration (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), science fiction (1), telepathic helmet (1), robots (1)
|
| 1951-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cabin Boy |
Damon Knight |
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children (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), alien perspective (1), life in vacuum (1), smell (1), interstellar travel (1), interplanetary travel (1)
|
| 1951-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Pictures Don't Lie |
Katherine MacLean |
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X Minus 1 (1), aliens (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), Earth (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fire Balloons |
Ray Bradbury |
|
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science fiction (1), mars (1), first contact (1), higher intelligence (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sentinel |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
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moon (2), alien artifact (2), science fiction (2), force fields (1), first contact (1), into-movie (1), Moon artifacts (1)
|
| 1951-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Trouble with the Natives |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), england (1), Martians (1)
|
| 1950-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Isolationist |
Mack Reynolds |
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first person point of view (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1), North Dakota (1), nuclear warfare (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Needle |
Hal Clement |
|
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first contact (2), science fiction (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), aliens (1), symbionts (1), Earth (1), Pacific Ocean (1), alien perspective (1), 1950 (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1950-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Nobody Saw the Ship |
Murray Leinster |
|
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aliens (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), Coyote (1), dogs (1), sheep (1)
|
| 1949-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Action on Azura |
Robertson Osborne |
|
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science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), aliens (1), diplomacy (1)
|
| 1949-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Outer Limit |
Graham Doar |
|
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X Minus 1 (2), Dimension X (1), Escape (Radio) (1), Beyond This World (Radio) (1), Suspense (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), nuclear weapons (1), alien perspective (1), quarantine (1)
|
| 1948-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Monster |
A. E. van Vogt |
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genocide (1), nuclear bombs (1), interstellar travel (1), first contact (1), paranormal powers (1), ray guns (1), Earth (1), longevity (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), science fiction (1), museum (1), universal translator (1), resurrection (1), end of the world (1), enhanced intelligence (1), teleportation (1), alien invasion (1), last man on Earth (1)
|
| 1946-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mewhu's Jet |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
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alien artifacts (1), children (1), aliens (1), United States (1), science fiction (1), first contact (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1945-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
First Contact |
Murray Leinster |
|
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X Minus 1 (2), Dimension X (1), Exploring Tomorrow (1), microwaves (1), nebula (1), first contact (1), science fiction (1), universal translator (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), into-radio (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1945-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Ethical Equations |
Murray Leinster |
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science fiction (1), interplanetary travel (1), first contact (1), mathematics (1), ethics (1), nitrogen (1), isotopes (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1944-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Culture |
Jerry Shelton |
|
|
science fiction (1), first contact (1), higher intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1)
|
| 1942-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wings of Night |
Lester del Rey |
|
|
science fiction (1), moon (1), first contact (1), refuge (1), radioactivity (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1941-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Not Final! |
Isaac Asimov |
|
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force field (1), Jovians (1), first contact (1), Ganymede (1), Jupiter (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1)
|
| 1940-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Farewell to the Master |
Harry Bates |
|
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science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), voice recording (1), Washington, DC (1), Earth (1), first contact (1), robots (1), aliens (1), into-movie (1), into-comics (1), assassination (1)
|
| 1939-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Living Fossil |
L. Sprague de Camp |
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murder (1), alien perspective (1), first contact (1), Pennsylvania (1), evolution (1), far future (1), science fiction (1), primates (1)
|
| 1901-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The First Men in the Moon |
H. G. Wells |
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first moon voyage (2), science fiction (2), into-movie (2), Librivox (1), moon (1), antigravity (1), caverns (1), Selenites (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), Moonmen (1), into-tv (1), first contact (1), england (1), first person point of view (1), aliens (1), interplanetary travel (1), into-video game (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
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